Product Safety Manager
Location: Cheadle, Crawley or Templecombe
Duration: 6 Months
Rate: up to 84.33 p/h Umbrella
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The Safety and Environmental Engineering team, based at Cheadle Heath and Templecombe, carry out engineering activities covering the full engineering lifecycle across the UWS project portfolio, supporting the safe delivery into service of our systems, and maintaining that safety throughout their operational life.
We are currently recruiting for a Project Safety Manager to grow the team in order to meet the needs of our upcoming projects. This role will lead delivery elements of safety engineering tasks for our major projects and provide system safety expertise to the programmes across Thales UWS.
Responsibilities
- Lead the delivery of safety engineering activities for UWS projects, ensuring the delivery of all safety artefacts and requirements in a timely manner
- Act as the main Point of Contact for Safety Expertise to your projects, supporting the Project Design Authority and other engineering functions in the delivery of their activities
- Liaise with the customer representative for all safety related activities
- Ensure that the safety management approach for all our projects is in accordance with Thales processes, in addition to customer requirements, including but limited to Def Stan 00-056 or MIL STD 882
- Immediately raise any concerns regarding the safety of a product, or the application of policies and processes, and support / lead Product Safety Investigations to resolve these issues
- Support the UWS Safety Assurance Manager and Safety Authority in the delivery of their duties to ensure that all UWS projects and systems are adequately safe.
Experience and Skill Required
- In depth knowledge of Safety Management Processes, and experienced in the implementation and delivery of Safety Engineering activities
- Knowledge and experience of formal hazard identification and assessment techniques and methods, and IT based Hazard Log management systems
- Knowledgeable with respect to product environmental, material and safety related Legislation, Regulation and Standards
- Experience within the Defence Domain and working with associated Defence Standards, or knowledge of equivalent safety management processes from similar safety critical domains
- Experience of Functional and/or Software Safety, and knowledge of Def Stan 00-055 or IEC 61508 is highly desirable
- Knowledge of engineering lifecycle management, its requirements and application
- Broad experience in project management related skills – such as estimating, scheduling, monitoring, budgeting
- Good people management skills, including experience engaging with and managing customer expectations, and working in a multi-disciplined engineering environment.
